? Red thorn fruit

Small evergreen trees, mostly born in shrubs and roadsides on sunny slopes, are stocky, with strange stems, healthy branches, hard and dense spines and twists and turns.

? In spring, the leaves are flourishing, the flowers are blooming, the trees are full of silver, and the fragrance is overflowing. Autumn to winter, green branches and leaves, full of red fruits, gorgeous and colorful, elegant.

Red thorn fruit, alias "saving military food", is said that Cao Cao led his troops to fight, and was once trapped in the mountains, isolated and without food. When soldiers saw a plant in the mountains, it formed clusters of red fruits, so they picked it to satisfy their hunger. For several days in a row, soldiers ate red fruit to survive the crisis, and later called it "saving military food."

In the early years, people in the mountains didn't have enough to eat, and there was no next meal, and there was always not enough food. At the time when "all trees are autumn, and the mountains and mountains are only shining", they carry a basket, a sickle and a wooden stick and go up the mountain to hit red fruits. The red fruit is oblate, and the branches are dense and solid. Cut off the branches, put them at the mouth of the basket, beat them with a wooden stick, and put the fruit into the basket. It only takes half a day to fill the basket. Carry it home, select dead branches, remove bad fruits and dry it in the sun. Small grinding into flour, mixed with corn flour, made into tortillas, both sour and astringent, although it is difficult to eat, but also full of hunger.

Snow falls in the mountains, the jade trees in the forest are staggered, and the red fruits stand proudly, wearing white frost and enduring for a long time. The gluttonous urchin forgot the cold, climbed into the mountain, picked handfuls and stuffed them into his mouth, which tasted slightly astringent, sour and sweet. Some people saw business opportunities from it, so they picked it and sold it in the market town, with a small cup of two cents and a large cup of five cents. Children bought it and put it in their pockets as snacks. The taste is sour and sweet, and it can last for half a day.

Red thorn fruit, scientific name pyracantha fortunei, is an extremely beautiful ornamental plant, which can be used in forest green, green space and roadside, and is also an excellent material for making bonsai. Making bonsai with old piles of pyracantha, combining cutting and binding, or hanging branches, or cliffs, or bouldering, or jungles, are rich and simple, stubborn and majestic, steady and dignified, elegant and chic. The early summer is full of white flowers, like white snow, and the late autumn fruits turn red, brilliant and dazzling, very spectacular, naturally painted, and its interest is endless, which is very popular among people.

? In fact, the red thorn fruit can also be used medicinally. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica states: "Get rid of the evil spirits in the five internal organs by dredging the twelve meridians", and "Long-term service can make you fit without getting old". Its roots, leaves, flowers and fruits can all be used as medicine, and it is mainly used for treating fatigue, hot flashes, traumatic injuries, dysentery and acne. It is also effective for diabetes, hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis.

? Nitraria fruit is edible and medicinal; Red pigment can be extracted and pectin can be smelted; Red thorn fruit, which can be used for brewing wine, beautifying, developing and utilizing, is of great value, and must have faded out of people's sight, and will be sought after.